Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-09

the 'breakS" Jim and Russell met their Waterloo
In the rver bottom just below us, and this was
MY partner and rode or at daybreak. and In
half an hour were fairly into our hunting ground.
We rode down some steep dechvities, toiled up
others on foot leading our horses, picked our way
along sharp, bare hog backs and silently searched
for game. The stunted cedars and struggling
pines were sharply looked through, and presently
when we reachcn the top OF q commanding ridge
looked across a rav1ne, and on the hillside Op-
posi1e, saw fine black-tailed buck. He was look
Ing at Us intenJly. The distance was 200 yards,
good measure. and being already on the ground
ft was but the work OF moment to draw up and
dead, with a bullet squareIy through his lungs
He had beautiful head, and was welcome prize
little farther ON Boydkiued a fine doe as a COM
panion for him In the collection quite as il should
be.
But before Boyd or had fired a shot that MORN
ing the rides OF Jim and Russell began to make
the woods below US ring with one shot after
another-whang! bang! whang! 1t was the most
musical shooting ever heard. Every shot was a
perfect song that went ringing through the tim
Der on the crisp. frosty air. echoing and re-ecnO-
Ing from blum TO blum, and filling our envous ears
cent sPoat,n O D Dn Inc boys snoI ana shot ana
jolly, busneSs-ike way that was terribly tantalz-
Ing TO us 1t seemed as II they would never stop.
luck 'Great grief" exclaimed Boyd at last, in a
tone OF protest. "That timber must be just lousy
with deer. wish we had gone there How many
do you reckon them felers will get?"
''Haif dozen, sure, and some fine bucks amongst
tnem," l answered, hopefully, yet with regret.
fore the hunt was over, they had fired just %.
UP 10 that time my partner and had three deer
20 show Tor nine shots fired in two days. Well we
skinned our two deer and carried the skins to
camp behind our saddles. The other two boys
returned crestfallen disguised, mad. They had
only one deer! Jim vowed he could not hunt sue
eeSsfully with Russell. and would never again
hunt with any body, Russell openly Swore at him.
self Tor doing such poor shooting and would have
kicked himself II he could. Since that was impOs-
sible he tried to get square with himself by call
Ing himself all sorts OF names. 1t was bad give
away on the boys but they took IL so seriously TO
heart none or us felt at all inclined to joke them
about 1T then. In fact IL they were within reach
OF me- am not at all sure would venture to air
the episode in this ribald manner even now.
In three days we killed ten deer and had enough
enjoyment 10 last us two years. The country was
new 10 US all, and our romantic and weird sur
rOund1ngS were perpetual delight. That lovely
river was the only running stream we saw north
OF the Yellowstone One day, as Boyd and lay
resting ON the highest point OF lofty BLUM that
rose straight up from the waters edge, we saw
that from such point OF view the stream Is
almost as green as an emerald, and quite as clear.
For half an hour we Toasted our eyes on the
charmingly pretty picture made by the green and
gliStening river winding through It's tlmbered
valley, the LOFTY bluffs that rose on either hand
along its course, through the occasional cleftS OF
which we caught gl1mpSes or the wild and
rugged breaks That lay beyond them. Although
the weather was singing cold and we camped
out without shelter, We were comfortable and felt
very jolly, despite the scarcity OF game. The
cowboys were so charmed by the romantic nature
OF the SpOt-and the griZly-bear trackS-that
they talked strongly Of returning to winter there.
for continuation OF the hunt after our troubles
with buffalo were over.
In some respects 1t was glorious country for
hunter; but it contained nc buffalo, and as 1t was
seishel, and were soon in pursuit OF grander game
than deer